Man Soderbergh is finally now one of my top 5 (or maybe 7) directors based on this film.

I wasn't quite sure what I was watching through out, was often confused, but was literally sitting on the edge of my seat the entire movie.


Imagine Ocean's 11 with a ton of bricks more weight.


For everyone who loved how Don Cheadle eats up the screen in Devil In the Blue Dress, consider this the spin-off to that movie where we revisit Mousey 20 years later.



I had a couple of minor gripes that come easy for me when a white guy shoots a period piece with black people during segregation. Mainly, I don't see a black guy being allowed to have a sit down dinner with white people in a fancy white restaurant.

But damn if Soderbergh didn't capture Detroit architecture and style from the era (or I guess how I imagine it, what do I know).

The convoluted plot is great because it gives me a good reason to rewatch it.

Easily the best movie I've seen this year.

HBOMax is a problem for Netflix and Amazon Prime, Hulu because I can't see those other streamers producing anything nearly as good with such star power (assuming that Soderbergh and the stars aren't pissed at HBO Max for going straight to streamer with this).



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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

He's changed a lot.

I rarely watch older content like legacy shows and movies. But that HBOMax catalog actually had me checking out a few things.

And original content? HBOMax is in a class of its own right now. Obviously, most of that is boosted tremendously by theatrical releases going straight to streaming with no additional fee. So we will see how they keep that momentum up next year and beyond.

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Mouse probly my fav performance of his and this def got the same vibes.

Still got lovers rock as my fav this year but I enjoyed it.

*Spoiler(?)* Damon was good too in his small role. Felt ripley-ish.

Loved the Detroit setting, fat Brendan Fraser and the overall tension of it.

I thought the same thing about Mouse because i re-watched Devil in a Blue Dress for the first time in a decade about a month back.

Their content just cant be touched, and their new movie releases (without the extra $30 Disney-type charge) is killing it right now.

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"The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in." - James Baldwin

He's still firing on all cylinders so it's not "noticeable" or whatever but he made a choice about a decade ago that he was tired of fighting through Hollywood red tape and just wanted to be a working director shooting movies and getting them in front of as many people as possible.


Logan Lucky and Unsane are the only movies he's put in theaters since 2013, and even as far back as Che he was cutting weird deals with IFC/Blockbuster to get his movie into homes as soon as possible.


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